Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
The Oracle stretched out on the moonlit hill outside the tiny hamlet of Discordia, enjoying the beautiful meteor shower. Tiny streaks of light flashed through the sky as he watched, bright enough even to be seen despite the full moon. All was quiet.
The Oracle laid on the hill for nigh until midnight, and was about to retire back to his house when it happened. The moonlight dimmed, casting darkness onto the entire village. The silence of the night was broken by the sound of wings, and a dense cloud of ghastly bats seemed to arise as if from nowhere. The Oracle threw up his arms and cried out as the foul apparitions burst through him, passing through his body as if it were air. He fell, and the bats streamed over him in an eldritch torrent of fur and leathery wings. Time seemed to slow; and the Oracle stared at the glowing red eyes of the things as they passed.
Intangible to the touch, yet able to inflict a deadly curse upon the soul, the accursed creatures swarmed down the hill and entered the town. The Oracle watched in horror as they swarmed and converged. A single scream was heard, brief but fleeting, and the Oracle stood ashen-faced. The curse of the Wolf may have left them, but the curse of the Bat was now here to stay.
Unbeknown to the Oracle, he was not the only one to witness this horror. Professor van Helsing had also born witness, from his camp on the outskirts of Discordia. He watched the proceedings with a grim sort of resignment: it was something he had seen countless times before. Dracula had arrived, and the villagers' lives were now in mortal danger. The Professor picked up his crossbow and began to wind it. It was the beginnings of a tragedy he had seen a hundred times before, but this time would be the last. It had to be.
Werewolf IV: DRACULA has now begun!
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Players:
1. Doktor Howl
2. Mistress Freeky
3. Risus
4. Requia
5. Fred
6. Jenne
7. Dr. James Semaj
8. Rumckle
9. BDS
10. LMNO
11. Sigmatic
Dracula ------> Amdis --------> Xannin -------> Asclan
RULES:
At the beginning of the game, there is only one vampire: Count Dracula.
Count Dracula
Although the daily lynching process is the same as in Werewolf, during the night Count Dracula chooses one villager and converts him or her, rather than killing. This creates the beginnings of a vampire chain.
Count Dracula ---> Vampire #1
The next night, the new vampire chooses one villager to convert, adding him or her to the chain. This is repeated until a third-generation vampire is created.
Count Dracula ---> Vampire #1 ---> Vampire #2 ---> Vampire #3
Once it is passed down the Vampire #3, the vampiric curse is too weak to be passed on again. Count Dracula then starts a new chain, thusly:
Count Dracula ---> Vampire #1 ---> Vampire #2 ---> Vampire #3
\---> Vampire #4
"But Remington!" You say. "That's too unbalanced! The villagers will be overrun in days!" Not so. For when one vampire dies, all those further down his or her chain die as well.
Count Dracula ---> Vampire #1 ---> Vampire #2 ---> Vampire #3
\---> Vampire #4
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Means that
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V
Count Dracula ---> Vampire #1 ---> Vampire #2 ---> Vampire #3
\---> Vampire #4
Thus, multiple vampires can be eliminated in one lynch. Should the Count himself be killed, all the vampires die and the villagers win (the vampires win when they outnumber the humans). This hierarchy means that each vampire knows only the identity of the vampire who sired them and the identity of the vampire they sired; only Dracula knows who all the vampires are.
One last thing: taking the place of the Psychic will be Dracula's nemesis, Professor Van Helsing. The player chosen to be Van Helsing can protect one person per night, shielding them from any and all vampire attacks. Should Van Helsing accidentally try to protect a vampire, a battle will ensue. If the vampire Van Helsing fights is not Dracula, he will have a 1/3 chance of killing it, escaping from it, or dying. If he does blunder into the Count, his death is assured.
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It is now night. Count Dracula, please choose your victim. Van Helsing, choose your person to protect.
CRAM YOU DAMNUL- uh, DRACULA!
So, you're saying it actually doesn't matter that I'm a werewolf?
Is Van Helsing an NPC, or will one of us be assigned to be him.
How come we're lynching and not "staking"?
I vote to lynch Alphapance.
Quote from: Jenne on August 25, 2010, 04:59:25 PM
How come we're lynching and not "staking"?
Remington is Dracula, he's trying to keep us from killing him the right way.
I vote we stake Requia. She's always the bad guy.
It's definitely Alphapance. The werewolf thing is just a smokescreen.
*cough*
SIGMATIC IS DRACULA! HE COUGHED ON A FORUM! WHICH MEANS HES A SHEISTY BASTIGE!
Actually, I'm trying to get Rem to notice I haven't been listed, even though I signed up like three times. :argh!:
The hell? I'm Team Jacob, not Team Edward, for Christ's sake.
QuoteThe hell? I'm Team Jacob, not Team Edward, for Christ's sake.
Right, that's what you want us to think. String him up!
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 07:10:29 PM
Actually, I'm trying to get Rem to notice I haven't been listed, even though I signed up like three times. :argh!:
Sorry :oops:
Is fixed now
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on August 25, 2010, 03:30:07 PM
Is Van Helsing an NPC, or will one of us be assigned to be him.
Someone has been assigned to play Van Helsing.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 25, 2010, 06:01:19 PM
Remington is Dracula, he's trying to keep us from killing him the right way.
:ninja:
REMINGTON DID IT! GET HIM!`
Ah, better. :)
So. Wild guess time. *glee*
COME CLEAN, RISUS. WE KNOWS IT WAS YOU. WE GOT PROOF, SEE. COME CLEAN OR WE'LL HANG YA RIGHT NOWS.
Wait... What if Risus is Van Helsing? Then we'd be killing the one guy who can save us!
IS NOT ME IS NEVER ME.
*looks at the crowd menacing each other and decides to wank off for a drink*
(actually, how the hell do you play this thing--it's RPG so you just talk about yourself like you're in a scene doing a shit, right?)
Quote from: Jenne on August 25, 2010, 08:04:59 PM
(actually, how the hell do you play this thing--it's RPG so you just talk about yourself like you're in a scene doing a shit, right?)
The way we play it is, we make baseless and panicked accusations, jump to wild paranoid conclusions, kill off the innocent, and usually get wiped out within a couple of days. We then have lingering resentment against each other for about a week.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 25, 2010, 08:12:26 PM
Quote from: Jenne on August 25, 2010, 08:04:59 PM
(actually, how the hell do you play this thing--it's RPG so you just talk about yourself like you're in a scene doing a shit, right?)
The way we play it is, we make baseless and panicked accusations, jump to wild paranoid conclusions, kill off the innocent, and usually get wiped out within a couple of days. We then have lingering resentment against each other for about a week.
Unfortunately, this is true. :(
A WEEK?!
How do you find the time?
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on August 25, 2010, 08:13:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 25, 2010, 08:12:26 PM
Quote from: Jenne on August 25, 2010, 08:04:59 PM
(actually, how the hell do you play this thing--it's RPG so you just talk about yourself like you're in a scene doing a shit, right?)
The way we play it is, we make baseless and panicked accusations, jump to wild paranoid conclusions, kill off the innocent, and usually get wiped out within a couple of days. We then have lingering resentment against each other for about a week.
Unfortunately, this is true. :(
Fixed.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on August 25, 2010, 08:13:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 25, 2010, 08:12:26 PM
Quote from: Jenne on August 25, 2010, 08:04:59 PM
(actually, how the hell do you play this thing--it's RPG so you just talk about yourself like you're in a scene doing a shit, right?)
The way we play it is, we make baseless and panicked accusations, jump to wild paranoid conclusions, kill off the innocent, and usually get wiped out within a couple of days. We then have lingering resentment against each other for about a week.
Unfortunately, this is true. :(
...I've been on these boards for far too long, haven't I?
Villagers won once. Right?
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:17:12 PM
Villagers won once. Right?
Yeah, when that little Fed Annabelle the Destroyer was the Oracle.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on August 25, 2010, 08:28:47 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:17:12 PM
Villagers won once. Right?
Yeah, when that little Fed Annabelle the Destroyer was the Oracle.
He's really far too good at guessing. I don't know how he pulled that one off, but I suspect he has HAX.
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:33:54 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on August 25, 2010, 08:28:47 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 25, 2010, 08:17:12 PM
Villagers won once. Right?
Yeah, when that little Fed Annabelle the Destroyer was the Oracle.
He's really far too good at guessing. I don't know how he pulled that one off, but I suspect he has HAX.
Yes. And remember, AtD is a little girl. Don't let her fool you!
Ah! ok.
I promise to not resent anyone if they stake/lynch me. I might actually LIKE it.
8)
:fap: :lmnuendo: :fap:
We could trick the Vamper and put some blood out on the stoop of the Open Bar. Whoever comes and slavers all over it gets a stick to the heart.
Right, I'm off to go make some vampire killing bullets. Or should I say, Alphapance killing bullets?
...Alphadude's a dog, I thought? Wolfy, not vampy...
The Wolfy is a trick.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
The night passed tensely, with both the Oracle and Professor Van Helsing on edge. They waited for the inevitable scream; for Count Dracula to claim his first victim, but he never did. It seemed that the Count was biding his time, at least for now.
No Attack
It is now daytime. The villagers have 24 hours to secure a majority (6 votes needed).
I vote for Fred. Even if she is not the Dracula, she'll probably kill us all in the night.
Fred- 1
Hmm, I guess I haven't seen Fred around lately, so she may well be the DR. Acula, unless this is some kind of ploy, by the real Dracula.
Ah well, I also vote Fred:
Fred -2
If Fred IS dracula, I apologise for defending her and such, but her laptop is broken and so she has no internets at the moment. While the fact that both she and Dracula appear to be away at the moment is definitely suspicious, I personally think that we should give her the benefit of the doubt, at least for another 24 hours. Doesn't seem fair to kick someone while they're down.
I see, I didn't realise Fred had no computer. Ok, I change my vote to Risus, for jumping on Fred so quickly. Plus I don't trust that monkey with TNT.
If it isn't Risus though, Fred is going to get it next time.
Fred - 1
Risus - 1
See, this is the weird part, where we try to make conclusions based upon... what? I mean, if this is to be a puzzle game, we have literally no information with which to make our choices.
Perhaps I'll go full random, and choose someone's name out of a hat.
It works better in real life because you can see people move and react and stuff.
But you can still ask questions, or accuse people and see how they react.
So, where were YOU between the hours of 9am and 430pm yesterday, LMNO?
I am not voting. I want to drag the game out some.
Nurse Freeky,
has yet to be on the winning side.
J'ACCUSE!
Actually, more like "Je m'excuse," if for no other reason than I'm still trying to feel out how to play this game...
Quote from: Rumckle on August 26, 2010, 12:46:29 PM
It works better in real life because you can see people move and react and stuff.
But you can still ask questions, or accuse people and see how they react.
So, where were YOU between the hours of 9am and 430pm yesterday, LMNO?
At my desk, processing cases and refining the Chao te Ching. Running wild through the Moors, chasing rabbits.
I still vote to lynch Dok Alphapance. He's trying way too hard to be a werewolf. It's a ruse!
So that's:
Fred - 1
Risus - 1
LMNO - 1
right?
man, democracy doesn't work
Especially because most of the people in this game haven't posted yet.
Wait, this isn't fair! How am I not in this game? I signed up in the sign up thread months ago...
Quote from: Rumckle on August 26, 2010, 03:30:17 PM
So that's:
Fred - 1
Risus - 1
LMNO - 1
right?
man, democracy doesn't work
I'm going to vote for LMNO.
Quote from: Cuddlefish on August 26, 2010, 05:04:56 PM
Wait, this isn't fair! How am I not in this game? I signed up in the sign up thread months ago...
Send Remmie a PM.
...poor Alphapance.
I vote fred. Mostly cause she isn't here to have me lynched tomorrow if she lives.
wait, how do we know Dracula didn't hit anybody? He'd try to keep it secret right?
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 26, 2010, 05:44:14 PM
wait, how do we know Dracula didn't hit anybody? He'd try to keep it secret right?
Yeah, I'm a little confused by that too, although I figured maybe Rem was gunna do a descriptive passage while keeping the identity of the second vamp a secret.
Also, I'm abstaining from this vote, because staking somebody at this point in the game is likely to do more harm than good. However, here is the current tally, because nobody else is tallying :P
Fred - 2
Risus - 1
LMNO - 2
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 26, 2010, 05:13:06 PM
Quote from: Rumckle on August 26, 2010, 03:30:17 PM
So that's:
Fred - 1
Risus - 1
LMNO - 1
right?
man, democracy doesn't work
I'm going to vote for LMNO.
Ok, seriously? What possible rational do you have?
Voting Alphapance. Either he's a vampire, a wolf, or just crying wolf. Either way, my tomato garden could use some rock god fertilizer.
Fred - 2
Risus - 1
LMNO - 3
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 06:57:28 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 26, 2010, 05:13:06 PM
Quote from: Rumckle on August 26, 2010, 03:30:17 PM
So that's:
Fred - 1
Risus - 1
LMNO - 1
right?
man, democracy doesn't work
I'm going to vote for LMNO.
Ok, seriously? What possible rational do you have?
The fact that I have no data whatsoever to work with, and that our new "helper" can only protect, not inform (probably the most important change in the game). Since I know that I'M not the vampire, I may as well shoot in the dark, as the odds of hitting Dracula may be small, but they're better than the almost-Von Neuman effect will give me as time goes on.
Also Fred is hotter alive than dead (still hot dead, just not as hot), so I flipped a coin between you and Risus. You came up with the shitty end of the stick.
Yeah? And what if I'm the protector?
As far as I understand the game, the protector can only protect another, or themselves; so if they out themselves, they can't use their power to protect both themselves and another if attacked. So, staying secret is the only way to afford protection to the other villagers; but the if the vampires (who apparently can move and act in the daytime, fancy that) lynch him, everyone is fucked.
That said, in addition to being a werewolf, I'm Van Helsing, too... And at this point, it would make more sense to choose to protect myself than any one of you paranoid freaks.
Now what?
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 07:36:03 PM
Yeah? And what if I'm the protector?
That's a risk I'm willing to take as, as mentioned, I have precisely zero data to work with, and no data will be forthcoming.
It's true, this game doesn't exactly translate 100% to online workability.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 07:41:39 PM
It's true, this game doesn't exactly translate 100% to online workability.
When looked at as a logic puzzle, you just don't get enough information to make an informed decision...Yet you must make a decision anyway, or lose for sure.
Well, I expect to have more of a lead on the next turn. By then, the inactive dracula will have either bitten someone or not, and from that we can infer at least some givens.
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 26, 2010, 07:46:55 PM
Well, I expect to have more of a lead on the next turn. By then, the inactive dracula will have either bitten someone or not, and from that we can infer at least some givens.
How?
If the vampire doesn't bite again, we can guess that it's someone who hasn't been around, right?
I guess it's possible that not biting would be a good false lead, though.
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 26, 2010, 07:50:44 PM
If the vampire doesn't bite again, we can guess that it's someone who hasn't been around, right?
I guess it's possible that not biting would be a good false lead, though.
If I was dracula, I wouldn't bite every night, unless the rules forced me to.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 26, 2010, 07:45:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 07:41:39 PM
It's true, this game doesn't exactly translate 100% to online workability.
When looked at as a logic puzzle, you just don't get enough information to make an informed decision...Yet you must make a decision anyway, or lose for sure.
Oh, so it's a horribly, tragically, realistic analogy to real life, then.
VHAR IS DAS VAWMPEER? /bad German
Srsly...what's the point of voting before someone DIES?
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 08:04:13 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 26, 2010, 07:45:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 26, 2010, 07:41:39 PM
It's true, this game doesn't exactly translate 100% to online workability.
When looked at as a logic puzzle, you just don't get enough information to make an informed decision...Yet you must make a decision anyway, or lose for sure.
Oh, so it's a horribly, tragically, realistic analogy to real life, then.
Somewhat. The world actually gives people plenty of data. People just can't be bothered with it...Witness the many people who took out adjustable rate/interest only mortgages. All the information was right there on the contract, but they chose to overlook it in favor of a "Tomorrow never comes and I want this house/car/etc NOW."
Likewise, when the refinery tower goes nuts, all the available data to diagnose the problem is right there, but Mike prefers to pronounce what's wrong based solely on the fact that "he's an engineer and you aren't". He is wrong about 90% of the time. Pissing him off by refusing to do what he says is not only gratifying, but it saves a LOT of money, too. I was told yesterday that my abberant behavior is only tolerated due to my gleeful refusals of this nature ("and don't push it").
Quote from: Jenne on August 26, 2010, 08:55:51 PM
VHAR IS DAS VAWMPEER? /bad German
Srsly...what's the point of voting before someone DIES?
I like to be proactive.
Because this is our best chance. If we kill the vampire NOW, we win. If we wait, there will be TWO vampires.
...what if we become Fang-Bangers?
Or is that not allowed in this version?
...so basically you spend the game considering what comments people make, and then judge based on those if they're the perp?
Is there a way to INDUCE our so-far silent friends to say something so we can vote...intelligently?
Because at this point it's sorta hard to go on anything other than wankery.
Or is that the point?
Meh.
Stake the quiet people first, that way everybody starts talking.
Dead game is dead.
Yeah. I think it lost enthusiasm when Remmy was working.
DOK DID IT! HE DID IT ALLLLL!!!
Oddly enough, this is the most successful game we've played, because on day three, everyone playing is still alive.
lawl :lulz:
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
Only 3 votes for cast for Alphapance. 6 were required.
No Staking
It is now night. Dracula, PM your choice. Van Helsing, tell me who you'll be protecting.
Drak-u-lawr! Stake a bitch already! (no, not me, kthx)
Given that only 6 people voted, that means we're going to have to be unanimous on who we stake from now on.
More evidence that Remington is Dracula, he's rigged the rules against us.
I would be very amused if the vampire chose not to kill anyone tonight.
Um, I'm going to proxy my vote to Alphapance, because:
1. Only 6 of us seem to be playing, and unanimity is required, so voting on my own is useless.
2. He won the coin toss, and
3. It would be hilarious if I accidentally'd myself with a stake in this fashion.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 27, 2010, 08:28:29 PM
I would be very amused if the vampire chose not to kill anyone tonight.
It's like playing hide and seek, but the one who's "it" went home, and it got dark hours ago.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 27, 2010, 08:34:01 PM
Um, I'm going to proxy my vote to Alphapance, because:
1. Only 6 of us seem to be playing, and unanimity is required, so voting on my own is useless.
2. He won the coin toss, and
3. It would be hilarious if I accidentally'd myself with a stake in this fashion.
For comedic reasons, I vote to stake Doktor Howl.
Dok Howl = 2
O dear god.
WHO ELSE WANTS TO GIVE ME THEIR PROXY VOTE!?
LMNO
-this will be a good example of E-Democracy at work.
You'll have to rip it from my cold, dead hands.
Well, if you're actually Dracula, we're halfway there.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 27, 2010, 08:44:32 PM
WHO ELSE WANTS TO GIVE ME THEIR PROXY VOTE!?
LMNO
-this will be a good example of E-Democracy at work.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
LMNO wins the fucking interbutts forever.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 27, 2010, 08:49:55 PM
Well, if you're actually Dracula, we're halfway there.
I'm so not ze Vlad. But of course, it sounds like in this game, you can protest and still be thought to be what you're not.
I'M A VIRGIN!
har har har
SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF JUSTICE!!!
Withholding my vote this time around.
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 27, 2010, 09:12:44 PM
SPARE ME THIS MOCKERY OF JUSTICE!!!
Withholding my vote this time around.
:argh!: If we can actually get a 6th in here, we should take out the people who aren't actve, so that we don't need to keep up the unanimous bit.
I just did some actual thinking, and the outcome was to take that last post back, and proxy my vote to LMNO.
I think that makes it
Dok Howl = 3
I am a DOKTOR. You can TRUST that I will use your proxy in your BEST INTERESTS.
If somehow it manages to work out in anyone's best interest, I'll be impressed.
IT IS STILL NIGHTTIME, AND MORE THAN SIX PEOPLE ARE PLAYING!
I chose not to vote yesterday.
Quote from: Sigmatic on August 27, 2010, 09:58:12 PM
If somehow it manages to work out in anyone's best interest, I'll be impressed.
TRUST THE DOKTOR.
I'm holding onto my vote for now. I don't trust Alphapance.
I'm just waiting for the Dracula to bite Alphapance, then all our votes will be ruined!
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
The villagers were pretty confused at this point. Where was the inevitable vampgasmic apocalypse they had been promised? Was this going to end like the ass-end of a Stephanie Meyers book, with the vampires exercising restraint, becoming vegetarians, and agreeing to resolve their differences in peaceful fashion? WHERE WAS THE HORROR, DAMMNIT?
No Attack
It is now daytime. The villagers have 24 hours to secure a majority (6 votes needed).
Ok, I'm kinda certain it is Fred now, because she hasn't been around.
I vote Remington.
If this has any chance of working, you need to give me your proxy vote.
For serious.
I vote for Fred.
Fred: 1
Fred has been on IRC, so I presume she maybe checked the internets - Has any other player not been around?
I have the lazy ATM, so if someone else checks login dates I'll just go ahead and trust their report.
I still vote to kill Fred.
Dok-3
Fred-2
Dok-3
Fred-2
Sigmatic-1
I'm serious about staking the narrator.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 29, 2010, 01:24:50 AM
Dok-3
Fred-2
Sigmatic-1
I'm serious about staking the narrator.
It's common knowledge that Remington has always been a much more awful monster than the ones he sets us, the villagers, up against. He feeds off of the ensuing paranoia and carnage.
Er, that should be
Dok-3
Fred-2
Remmington-1
I got confuzzled.
You will all be safer if you give me your proxy vote. I have a plan.
You're going to change your vote to 'everybody but me' as soon as you have enough proxys.
I'll change my vote to Fred. For now.
What was it before?
I voted to hang Alphapance.
i've been here btw, i just havent logged on after the initial start cause i dont like logging into pd from my moms laptop cause im afraid she'll hax my account when i give it back to her :(
BUT YES IVE BEEN HERE ASK BDS HE SEEN ME IN IRC ON MIBBIT
So we have
Dok - 3
Fred - 3
Remmington - 1
Fred, vote!
oh yeah!
Dok - 4
Fred - 3
Remmington - 1
you can vote for the narrator!?!
This is all his fault for locking us in together. :argh!:
I can vouch for Fred's online-ness! Also, abstaining from voting, again. :)
i would abstain but i have to make sure someone has more votes than me :(
:argh!:
Nobody is paying attention to night/day times!
No you don't, Remmington has declared that we need 6 votes to stake people. So you're three votes away from dying no matter what.
yeah but people who vote just to vote tend to fling it to whoever has the most so now someone has more than me...so...BAH!!! :argh!:
If you would just proxy your vote to me, there would be no worries.
QuoteIf you would just proxy your vote to me, there would be no worries.
No way. I don't trust you. :argh!:
Change your fucking votes and stake my ass.
kthxbai
Ok, I vote to stake Dok Howl.
Dok - 5
Fred - 3
Remmington - 1
And anyone who abstains is ruining democracy!
I vote Dok.
dok - 6
fred - 2
remmy - 1
Do me next, guys.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
On the second day, the village finally came to consensus: such a calamity could only have been brought down on the village through the use of Irresponsible and Dangerous Science. They didn't have far to look to find a practitioner of such.
Doktor Howl was hauled out of his laboratory and hurled into the centre of Village Square. The crowd closed in. Rumckle pulled him to his feet, with Alphapance and Freeky standing by.
"Democracy's a bitch, ain't it?" Risus remarked to the bruised Doktor.
Howl gave him a scathing look. "You're all idiots, by the way. Feel this?" He put his fingers to his neck. "I'm not Dracula: I've still got a pulse."
Risus cut him off rather abruptly as he unsheathed his knife and slashed the Good Doktor's neck. Howl dropped to the ground heavily, and he did not get up. Risus kneeled, and held his fingers to the side of Howl's neck. Blood pumped out raggedly, and slowly.
"Well, sorry about that, Dok. Looks like you weren't Dracula after all."
Howl glared back. "I hate you all."
Doktor Howl has been killed: He was not a vampire. 10 players remain.
It is now night. Count Dracula, send me your vampire choice. Van Helsing, tell me who is protected.
Chagrin.
Erm, yeah. Vampire or not, I'm voting LMNO come daylight. I don't think so much of his plan.
Hmm, I think (though feel free to ignore me on this) talking about who we are going to stake before the vampire bites someone is a bad move, because if we reach some kind of agreement the vamp just won't bite that person. That's if the vampire actually bites anybody this time.
Also, I'm fairly sure the Dok deserved what he got.
Well, although other incarnations have been known to demand death at our hands, and he did literally ask for it, I still don't like it.
Dok wanted out of the game, I think. It's kind of dead.
Also, Muhahahaha....
When day comes, I am so voting for Alphapance.
I have a nasty suspicion he did that to fuck with his fellow villagers, or to help Howl out of the game, and isn't actually playing to win.
So I'm not so sure who to vote for. I'll decide whether to vote for LMNO out of revenge for tricking me too often, or just pick someone at random.
Every time i see this thread i get rob zombie in my head :(
fuck that rhymed :sad: :sad:
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
"The villager waited. The lights above him blinked and sparked out of the air. There were Draculas in the forum. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Remmyton were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
had been a postar for many years. When he was young he watched the discord and he said to dad "I want to be on the forums daddy."
Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DRACULAS"
There was a time when he believed him. Then as he got oldered he stopped. But now in the PeeDee forum he knew there were vampires.
"This is Nigal" the radio crackered. "You must fight the vampires!"
So he gotted his lucky staking stake and poked down the wall.
"HE GOING TO KILL US" said the vampires
"I will shoot at him" said the Dracula and he fired the teethy fangs. The villager steaked at him and tried to stab him up. But then the ceiling fell and they were trapped and not able to kill.
"No! I must kill the vampires!" he shouted
The radio said "No. You are the vampire"
And then the villager was a vampire.
Count Dracula has turned his first victim: Amdis Tariq.
Count Dracula ---------> Amdis Tariq
So Dracula is a he?
Can we still stake Fred?
OFUK YOU GUISE WOKE UP DRACULA!
Awwww, Shiiiiiiit.
Anyways, I am leaning toward taking out LMNO or Fred.
Fred for my reason listed above (she didn't seem to be around when no-one was getting bitten, then BAM, Fred turns up and Draculae are popping up all over the shop).
LMNO because Dok is really good at this game (he kicked our ass last time) and LMNO killed him.
So, you didn't see that I did it for "comedic purposes"?
Or that I didn't even have enough proxy votes to do it myself?
I didn't kill the poor Doktor. You guys did.
Especially you, Siggie.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 30, 2010, 12:44:10 PM
So, you didn't see that I did it for "comedic purposes"?
Or that I didn't even have enough proxy votes to do it myself?
I didn't kill the poor Doktor. You guys did.
Especially you, Siggie.
So you confess.
Maybe if we make them stand back to back, we can stake both Fred and the Alphabet man in one go.
I confess that you all seem like idiots. The only way you can save yourselves it to put your trust in me.
Only I can save you.
save us or sink in your pointy fangs ?? :argh!:
Alphapance can have myvote.
Later.
I sense coventry afoot.
Quote from: Risus on August 30, 2010, 03:16:10 PM
I sense coventry afoot.
Oh wait, it's day time.
Freeky- 1
I just realized that Freeky may have given me her vote because she's Dracula, and wants to throw people off her trail.
Quote from: Risus on August 30, 2010, 07:41:38 AM
So Dracula is a he?
Can we still stake Fred?
I use the pronoun "he" because it would be annoying using "it" all the time. Everyone has an equal chance of being Dracula.
Aw, damn. I guess I vote to stake Freeky. JIC.
Alphadude, you cannot EVER have mah vote!
I still say we stake Remmington
Hmm. Fine, I'll vote we stake Freeky. But I'm watching you LMNO...I'm watching you.
(http://i.clevver.com/photos/171939/130/98/scrubs-screenshots-of-video-clip.jpg)
So that looks like
Freeky- 3
Where are the rest of the villagers?
And I still can't decide whether it's better to avoid staking an innocent villager, or to stake the suspicious in hopes of not giving the Nosferatu a chance to strike.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
Only 3 votes for cast for Freeky. 5 were required.
No Staking
It is now night. Amdis, PM me your choice. Van Helsing, tell me who you'll be protecting.
6 are still required? There are less votes available though!
Maybe this started backwards? Maybe there are only a few villagers, and the majority vampires just think it's adorable when we try to use democracy to kill off our cadaverous overlords. Tomorrow? The stakes for just about everybody.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 31, 2010, 08:35:59 AM
6 are still required? There are less votes available though!
Plus this.
I'm telling you, the proxy system is all that's going to save us.
STOPIT, YUO!
NO ONE ELSE GIVE ALPHAPANCE THEIR VOTE! :crankey:
hes tryin to eat mah babbys :cry:
I dunno, Dudes...we may have to stake the Alphabet Guy...he seems intent on stealing all our votes to proxy his way through this beeawtch!
Fine, have it your way... We will never agree on 6 votes, and will slowly get picked off, unless Van Helsing does whatever the hell she/he does to protect us. I'm still not sure how that works.
... can an outsider say something?
Why the hell not? No one else is.
Trip must've lost his train of thought.
THIS GAME IS ABOUT PARANOIA.
I didn't realize that before. :lol:
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 31, 2010, 08:35:59 AM
6 are still required? There are less votes available though!
My bad, only 5 were required. Still no staking, though.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 31, 2010, 05:40:20 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 31, 2010, 03:47:16 PM
Why the hell not? No one else is.
Sorry. Dead, and all.
In retrospect, it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I was expecting more interaction.
It looks like the state of playing this game has developed into quiet Fear: If no one says anything, then no one can accuse them of "playing games"; and if the vampires stay quiet, they can move at will.
So, we all stand quietly still in a dark room, glaring suspiciously at everyone else, and patiently waiting for death.
A suggestion to Remington if anyone wants to do this again after it's all over: Some hints, even false hints, would be nice.
I still say we stake Remmington.
Quote from: Requia ☣ on August 31, 2010, 06:36:06 PM
I still say we stake Remmington.
Ok, I concur.
Remmington = 3 votes.
Ok I will speak. I think it's Sigmatic as he was commenting on LMNO's vote by proxy plan
Quote from: SigmaculaI have a nasty suspicion he did that to fuck with his fellow villagers
Like he's not part of that group ... otherwise he'd have said "us" no?
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 31, 2010, 06:24:23 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 31, 2010, 05:40:20 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on August 31, 2010, 03:47:16 PM
Why the hell not? No one else is.
Sorry. Dead, and all.
In retrospect, it wasn't as funny as I thought it would be. I was expecting more interaction.
It looks like the state of playing this game has developed into quiet Fear: If no one says anything, then no one can accuse them of "playing games"; and if the vampires stay quiet, they can move at will.
So, we all stand quietly still in a dark room, glaring suspiciously at everyone else, and patiently waiting for death.
A suggestion to Remington if anyone wants to do this again after it's all over: Some hints, even false hints, would be nice.
The rules of this game don't allow any form of educated guess or logic.
The original werewolf was neat, though I never played. I agreed to the twins thing, and it was also a lot of fun.
This version doesn't work. So I committed suicide by proxy.
Anyway, I'm going back to decomposing, now. Someone let me know when we're going to play werewolf, twins or "classic".
Its hard for it to be as active when less people are playing this time
Quote from: FredleySneijder on September 01, 2010, 12:13:43 AM
Its hard for it to be as active when less people are playing this time
It's Fred's fault.
I don't understand the difference between werewolf and twins/classic, etc.?
And we can't stake Remmie--he's gotta tell us wtf is going on. You stake the dude who tells you what's going on and it's more uh...chaos? Although, this is quiet chaos, I guess.
I guess I can go off half-cocked and point fingers in all directions--that should stir shit up.
Though at this point almost everyone's been pointed at already.
How bout this: I vote myself. Stake me. BAHAHAHAHAHAAA.
No, don't.
Um...shit. Here, I'll take Trip Zip's advice and give Sigracula one vote for staking.
(ooh, bold move, that one...*smirks at self*)
i think we are supposed to wait to be eaten right now :sad:
It's still daylight here, Fredley.
"daylight" and "nighttime" dont refer to the actual hours but the periods of voting or eating
since we just failed to murder freeky, its time for the eating
JEEZ JENNE YOUR'RE AWFULLY KEEN ON MURDERING PEOPLE ARENT YOU :argh!:
I think Fred's right, we kinda need more people
Quote from: Jenne on August 31, 2010, 02:27:59 PM
I dunno, Dudes...we may have to stake the Alphabet Guy...he seems intent on stealing all our votes to proxy his way through this beeawtch!
Also, maybe this, how about you all proxy your votes to me, so I can stake Alphapance?
Or, maybe we should stake Dok again, just to be sure.
PS, I think we should stake Fred still.
:sad: baw
...aren't we supposed to be KEEN on murderlizing? I thought that was the whole POINT?
No we are trying to stay alive. ONLY VAMPIRES LIKE TO MURDER
JENNES A VAMPIRE!!!! :x
I'm keen on murderlising, I didn't want to murderlise Freekey last round though, so once I saw Freekey was the target I didn't bother. Now I'm waiting till day to vote, in case I sway the Vamp.
Are we dead yet? Where is Remmington?
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
The door knocks and the drunk villager grumbles but rises himself from bed.
Who could that be at this ungodly hour? The villager thinks.
"All right, all right, I'm coming! Who is it?" The villager shouts. When the stranger tells the villager his name the door is flung open wide. "What the hell are you doing here? Come to apologise for making advances on my daughter, I hope!"
The familiar figure bows it's head.
"My deepest apologies. May I come in and apologise formally?"
"Fine, but make it quick! It's midnight, if you hadn't noticed."
"Oh, I noticed, believe me!" Amdis Tariq chuckles. Canine teeth sharpen into deadly fangs and the vampire's eyes burn red like coals as he leaps across the threshold and seizes the villager's throat. Fangs close on the victim's neck and blood spurts from the open wound. Amdis groans as he drains the claret fluid. In ecstatic pleasure, a nail slashes against his own pale arm and he forces the fresh wound into his victim's mouth.
"Ahh -- drink, drink and join me, join the thrill of the blood." He gasps between gulps.
Amdis Tariq has sired a new vampire: their name is Xannin.
Count Dracula ------> Amdis ------> Xannin
It is now daytime. The villagers have 24 hours to secure a staking (5 votes needed).
Scene credit: Chris Spaghetti
Rumkle really wants to kill me. So I vote to stake him.
Rumkle = 2
See!
This is what happens when we let this madman loose with our votes!
Chaos!
I vote to stake LMNO.
Rumckle - 2
LMNO - 1
I vote for alphapance.
Rumckle 2
LMNO 2
et tu, Freeky? I am only acting in self-defence.
Your use of theater quotes won't save you now, heathen vampire!
I'm fairly confident Freeky is not a vamp, so I won't make accusations against you.
I still think that Dracula is one of the people who isn't posting.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 01, 2010, 04:06:51 PM
I'm fairly confident Freeky is not a vamp, so I won't make accusations against you.
I still think that Dracula is one of the people who isn't posting.
Yeah, probably. But anyone who has a proxy vote needs to go, if you get my drift. It's nothing personal, you see.
Hold on a sec. Freeky, my other proxy vote is yours. You gave it to me a few pages ago.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 01, 2010, 04:13:12 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on August 30, 2010, 02:46:15 PM
Alphapance can have myvote.
Later.
See?
Oh! My bad. Um, can I have that back now? :lulz:
This would be another reason vote proxying doesn't work. :lulz:
No. You can't have it back. You just voted to stake me!
I promise to change it. :aww:
Ok. To show my humanity, I give you your vote back.
Vote is now:
Rumkle = 1
I vote for FRED.
LMNO: 1
Rumckle: 1
Fred: 1
FRED, I already stated I'm NOT no vamper. I said I'd be the fang-banger, though.
Ok, how to vote...how to vote?
Sorry, Rumckle, I'm going with Alphadude on this one...mostly because he gave Freeky her vote back. So, 2 for Rum-dude.
WHAT THE HELL FREEKY :argh!: IS THIS SO YOU CAN CLAIM THE HURRICANE FOR YOURSELF
I vote to stake freeky!!! BETCH
LMNO: 1
Rumckle: 1
Fred: 1
Freeky: 1
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 01, 2010, 06:08:44 PM
LMNO: 1
Rumckle: 2
Fred: 1
Freeky: 1
Fixed the tally, haven't voted.
What the hell, people? We don't to stake anyone at this rate.
No its Rumckle 1 cause the 2 was from LMNO and a proxy vote from freeky which he gave back and she cast on ME :evilmad:
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 01, 2010, 06:24:09 PM
No its Rumckle 1 cause the 2 was from LMNO and a proxy vote from freeky which he gave back and she cast on ME :evilmad:
Alphabets+ Jenne= 2 stakes aimed for Rumckle.
Quote from: Risus on September 01, 2010, 06:29:41 PM
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 01, 2010, 06:24:09 PM
No its Rumckle 1 cause the 2 was from LMNO and a proxy vote from freeky which he gave back and she cast on ME :evilmad:
Alphabets+ Jenne= 2 stakes aimed for Rumckle.
I've heard it said that only VAN HELSING was good at math...
Please protect us!
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 01, 2010, 06:34:24 PM
Quote from: Risus on September 01, 2010, 06:29:41 PM
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 01, 2010, 06:24:09 PM
No its Rumckle 1 cause the 2 was from LMNO and a proxy vote from freeky which he gave back and she cast on ME :evilmad:
Alphabets+ Jenne= 2 stakes aimed for Rumckle.
I've heard it said that only VAN HELSING was good at math...
Please protect us!
Ha. Unless we manage to stake out Dracula this turn, he strikes next, and I won't be wearing the Van Helsing hat when he does.
In the interest of taking [what could be our only] stab in the dark, I'm going to add my vote for Rumckle.
Rumckle-3
LMNO-1
Fred-1
Freeky-1
If you two can stop fighting over who the hurricane is named for, we can have a successful kill here.
BUT IT'S MY HURRICANE! :evilmad:
And Rumckle didn't want to vote me off, I'd feel like a heel if I voted for him.
But then, how did he know that I'm not a vampire? :?
Argh.
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on September 01, 2010, 06:50:08 PM
BUT IT'S MY HURRICANE! :evilmad:
And Rumckle didn't want to vote me off, I'd feel like a heel if I voted for him.
But then, how did he know that I'm not a vampire? :?
Argh.
I know one way to be certain.
Edit: It's either this or the vampires start to outnumber the villagers soon. I think it's a good enough chance of us staking one.
SLOW GAME IS SLOW
Voting for LMNO. I think it's less likely that somebody is keeping quiet as Dracula - I think the missed biting was a decoy to keep us guessing at idlers for a couple of days while Dracula builds up a position. LMNO has suggested idlers a couple of times, therefore in my mind is likely to be Dracula.
Rumckle-3
LMNO-2
Fred-1
Freeky-1
That's some pretty fucked up logic, BDS. In the same manner, I could say that since this is the first we've heard of you in some time, you're actually the vampire, and the threats to stake those who don't post drew you out of hiding.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 01, 2010, 08:06:56 PM
That's some pretty fucked up logic, BDS. In the same manner, I could say that since this is the first we've heard of you in some time, you're actually the vampire, and the threats to stake those who don't post drew you out of hiding.
You could say that, I'm sure. I mean, you'd be wrong, but I don't see the logical failure.
I vote for Rumckle.
I vote alphapance
Rumckle-3
LMNO-3
Fred-1
Freeky-1
Any particular reason?
You staked howl, the werewolf always tries to get howl lynched.
Sigmatic hasn't posted yet, but can Freeky and/or Fred ever change their vote to get the 5 required?
I can't believe we're going to actually get a 2nd staking...
Hey, I'm outta here for a week or so, but y'all have fun. I give my proxy vote to Fred. I have no idea why, I am just doing it.
Cheers!
Quote from: Jenne on September 01, 2010, 08:45:56 PM
Hey, I'm outta here for a week or so, but y'all have fun. I give my proxy vote to Fred. I have no idea why, I am just doing it.
Cheers!
:sad:
Quote from: Requia ☣ on September 01, 2010, 08:38:05 PM
I vote alphapance
Rumckle-4
LMNO-3
Fred-1
Freeky-1
Fixed it again. You people need to learn how to tally.
Oh, well in that case I change my vote to Rumckle, so we can at least stake somebody.
Rumckle-5
LMNO-2
Fred-1
Freeky-1
I GET JENNES PROXY VOTE? FUCKKKK i cant decide myself.
alright ima flip a coin, heads rumckle tails LMNO whoever wins gets mine and jennes vote (THIS IS TOTALLY THE BEST WAY TO KILL SOMEONE)
edit
o wait rumckle is already at 5. fine me and jenne vote for him, so hes extra dead.
so uhh
Rumckle - 7
LMNO - 2
Fred - 1
Now we play the waiting game with Remington.
:argh!:
STAKED THROUGH THE HEART
AND YOU'RE TO BLAME
You guys could even stake two people in one night for extra lulz, you know?
Can we do that?
lol i dont think so
Too bad.
You should all stake Fred
:eek:
Can't you all see! She's already consolidated power.
Or we lose two votes.
yeah you cant stake ME!!!! WHO WILL REPRESENT JENNE???
We could stake Jenne first.
Just doing a drive by posting here, I have guests from out of town until friday. Will try to keep up.
Proxying my vote to Semaj because he is idealistic and probably won't run any frivolous gambits.
Oh, thanks Sig!
... Vampire doesn't seem as fun as Werewolf :sad: And I should have been on the list cause i signed up 2 or 3 times already :argh!: but with how this game is turning out I think I'd rather watch you guys get outnumbered by a bunch of Edwards :lulz:
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
The village mob spoke again the following day, and this time it was Rumckle who was named. They could not afford the price that delay would bring them, and therefore Thurnez and Requia were appointed to carry out the judgement of Discordia.
Late afternoon found the two intrepid vampire-hunters hiding in the loft of Rumckle's barn. Thurnez scratched his head: "So... what exactly do we do? How do you kill a vampire?"
Requia stood up and pocketed his knife. "Simple," he said, "We use this."
In Requia's hand was a 14 inch long stake, hand-whittled for the occasion and tapered down to a wicked point. He smiled as he juggled it from hand to hand, and began to climb down the ladder.
"Um." Thurnez looked even more confused now. "How does that tell us if he's a vampire? Wouldn't that kill an ordinary human too?"
"Less talking. More stabbing."
It didn't take long for Rumckle to show up. He came out to milk the cows, as usual, and was quite surprised to be met not with milk, but with a sharp, pointy stick shoved through his heart.
As the farmer bled to death on the ground, Requia and Thurnez stood and waited. No change came over his body. Requia nudged the corpse's head with his foot, eliciting no response.
"Huh."
Rumckle has been killed, he was not a vampire.
It is now nighttime. Xannin, PM me your vampire choice. Van Helsing, tell me who is protected.
Ouch.
The villagers are hilariously bad this time around.
Ohhhhhhhhh dearrrrr.
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 02, 2010, 02:42:51 AM
Just doing a drive by posting here, I have guests from out of town until friday. Will try to keep up.
Proxying my vote to Semaj because he is idealistic and probably won't run any frivolous gambits.
A safe bet, because you BIT HIM!
Ooh, I didn't think of that. There may be an actual clue, there.
Dok Howl proxied his vote to me before the first victim was taken, which means there couldn't have been any nefarious plots/alliances involved (plus, I voted to kill him with his own vote).
HOWEVER, Vampires could easily give their proxy to another vampire for added support and strength in numbers.
If Sig and Semaj are both vamps, then Sig benefits not only from knowing Semaj won't use his vote against him, but also Sig gets to appear innocent of the next round of staking.
Semaj, defend yourself!
lets stake sig and find out!
Quote from: ThatGreenGentleman on September 02, 2010, 05:44:58 AM
... Vampire doesn't seem as fun as Werewolf :sad: And I should have been on the list cause i signed up 2 or 3 times already :argh!: but with how this game is turning out I think I'd rather watch you guys get outnumbered by a bunch of Edwards :lulz:
:lulz:
QuoteSemaj, defend yourself!
Woah, shit! When did this happen?
When I finally figured out you were bitten, and are now a vampire.
QuoteWhen I finally figured out you were bitten, and are now a vampire.
Okay. Mind explaining?
lmno knows because...HES A BIGGER VAMPIRE :argh!: :argh!:
Quote from: ThatGreenGentleman on September 02, 2010, 05:44:58 AM
... Vampire doesn't seem as fun as Werewolf :sad: And I should have been on the list cause i signed up 2 or 3 times already :argh!: but with how this game is turning out I think I'd rather watch you guys get outnumbered by a bunch of Edwards :lulz:
so your on Team Jacob then?
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on September 03, 2010, 04:36:36 AM
Quote from: ThatGreenGentleman on September 02, 2010, 05:44:58 AM
... Vampire doesn't seem as fun as Werewolf :sad: And I should have been on the list cause i signed up 2 or 3 times already :argh!: but with how this game is turning out I think I'd rather watch you guys get outnumbered by a bunch of Edwards :lulz:
so your on Team Jacob then?
Are you people even in the game?
Keep it to the sign up. :argh!:
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Speaks!
Xannin ran a cracked and thirsty tongue over his fangs, the urge to drink was so great, so overwhelming. A hand clamped down on his shoulder.
"Patience, my child." Dracula rasped.
Together they watched Xannin's first kill enter the church holding a candle in one hand and a crucifix in the other.
"Now."
The church bells began to toll midnight and Xannin pressed against the ancient oak doors of the church. The victim turned with a start.
"No! Not you! Stay back! The power of Christ compels you!" He said, holding out the crucifix like a shield. Xannin grinned and knocked the ineffectual piece of wood out of his hands.
A few seconds later the blood-splattered candle crashed to the floor and went out.
Xannin has turned a new vampire; their name is Asclan.
Count Dracula -----> Amdis ------> Xannin -------> Asclan
It is now daytime. The villagers have 108 hours to secure a lynch (5 votes required).
On a rather important sidenote, I'll be on vacation and without Interbutts access until Tuesday. Unfortunately, this means that the game is on hold until then. Sorry!
Quote from: Remington on September 03, 2010, 05:31:48 AM
On a rather important sidenote, I'll be on vacation and without Interbutts access until Tuesday. Unfortunately, this means that the game is on hold until then. Sorry!
Could we just snag a new oracle for the time being?
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 03, 2010, 03:35:06 AM
QuoteWhen I finally figured out you were bitten, and are now a vampire.
Okay. Mind explaining?
I just did. Plus, Remington actually
is leaving clues each round.
And Fred, if I were the vampire, why would I try to out other vampires, especially since the vamp only knows who he creates? That really doesn't make sense.
Honestly, Semaj is a vamp. I vote for him.
Semaj - 1
Because you are a vampire and trying to kill MORE innocent villagers by accusing THEM of being vampires
Semaj- 1
LMNO- 1
Of course, you could be a vampire, and you're trying to protect the other vamps.
Isn't the point that you get Dracula, that would win you the game, right? Getting any random vamp is just a temporary solution, or not?
I'm voting LMNO, for the reasons I already posted.
Semaj - 1
LMNO - 2
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 03, 2010, 02:46:23 PM
Isn't the point that you get Dracula, that would win you the game, right? Getting any random vamp is just a temporary solution, or not?
If we staked a "created" vamp, we could then analyze their posts and in-game relationships to figure out who may have created them.
Quote from: BDS on September 03, 2010, 02:47:46 PM
I'm voting LMNO, for the reasons I already posted.
Semaj - 1
LMNO - 2
You're still thinking that because I'm posting a lot in this thread, I'm Dracula -- even though my
entire posting history on PD.com is essentially staying on the boards constantly from 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.
I post a lot here because I'm playing the game, and I naturally post a lot. In fact, it would be incredibly suspicious if I
didn't post a lot.
And, I'd like to point out that if you stake me, then this thread will consist of a whole lot of people not posting very much at all, and making random accusations. Whee.
Normal behaviour or not, I still find it likely that Dracula is attempting to control the game from both sides - Both by turning vampires, and distracting the villagers with red herrings that lead to us staking other villagers. Also, in the early stages of the game, Doktor Howl voted to lynch you for no reason. A day later, he winds up dead - COINCIDENCE?
Rumckle accused LMNO and then HE ended up dead too
The plot thickens...
Oh i still have Jenne's proxy vote so since shes been suspicious of LMNO in the past JENNE VOTES TO STAKE LMNO
(unless she comes back and changes it)
LMNO-3
Semaj - 1
and NAAAAAAO i go to class
Quote from: BDS on September 03, 2010, 03:04:34 PM
Normal behaviour or not, I still find it likely that Dracula is attempting to control the game from both sides - Both by turning vampires, and distracting the villagers with red herrings that lead to us staking other villagers. Also, in the early stages of the game, Doktor Howl voted to lynch you for no reason. A day later, he winds up dead - COINCIDENCE?
1) The way this game is set up, the wisest choice for Dracula is to keep his freakin' mouth shut and do his best not to be noticed. He works behind the scenes, quietly turning people and giving no evidence or clues. I'm trying to get everyone talking so we can do more than make blind, stupid guesses.
2) Not a coincidence; Dok gave me his proxy vote, and then mentioned it would be funny if he got staked with his own vote. Also, he commented post-mortem that he was bored and wanted out of the game. Rumckle did indeed accuse me, and I acted in self defense.
Semaj is a vamp. I have no doubts.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 03, 2010, 02:43:23 PM
Of course, you could be a vampire, and you're trying to protect the other vamps.
She's a tramp, she's a vamp, but she still does her dance? And likes to dance in the dark?
I vote for Semaj, because Alphapance makes sense.
LMNO 3
Semaj 2
Thank you.
I've suspected you the entire game! Of course you'd accuse me of being a vampire. You've already used your proxies to waste a precious staking on Howl. And then Rumckle dies, after he accuses you! What you're doing right now, is eliminating threats to your evil vampiric plot!
I vote to stake LMNO
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 03, 2010, 08:20:50 PM
I've suspected you the entire game! Of course you'd accuse me of being a vampire. You've already used your proxies to waste a precious staking on Howl. And then Rumckle dies, after he accuses you! What you're doing right now, is eliminating threats to your evil vampiric plot!
I vote to stake LMNO
For what it's worth, Dok wanted to get staked anyway, once it became clear this game wasn't as active as the others.
Understood. But, he could have just backed out, but LMNO instead wasted a staking to do him in. That was counterproductive as hell!
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 03, 2010, 08:31:15 PM
Understood. But, he could have just backed out, but LMNO instead wasted a staking to do him in. That was counterproductive as hell!
Well, what good would a non-usable vote do?
Oh, I get what you mean now.
Also, EVERYONE always suspects Dok at the outset. It's like whenever he plays Risk, everyone else always gang up on him and kill him.
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 03, 2010, 08:31:15 PM
Understood. But, he could have just backed out, but LMNO instead wasted a staking to do him in. That was counterproductive as hell!
What did I say at the very beginning? "For comedic purposes, I vote for Dok Howl."
You have now willfully misrepresented my actions and words for at least the third time. It has become painfully obvious you are being disengenuous and are desperately attempting to cast aspersions on me in the hopes people won't see through your pointed-tooth ruse.
Guys, he's using half-assed trolling moves on me. He's hiding something.
I think he just wants to see whether or not you ARE one, and doesn't have a really good reason other than he's suspected you the whole game.
With no evidence or motive. He suspects me from the previous game, which has no relation to this one.
I, on the other hand, have good reasons he is the vamp, in addition to the actions he has taken against me in this game.
5 villagers; 4 vamps :lulz:
Semaj please keep the tally when you vote :evilmad:
LMNO - 4
Semaj - 2
Oops. Sorry. Won't happen again.
QuoteYou have now willfully misrepresented my actions and words for at least the third time. It has become painfully obvious you are being disengenuous and are desperately attempting to cast aspersions on me in the hopes people won't see through your pointed-tooth ruse.
Guys, he's using half-assed trolling moves on me. He's hiding something.
I'm just wondering as to whether you've been honest about the motivations behind your actions. If you were a vampire, you wouldn't just say "Hey let's kill this guy!", you'd come up with a reason. You'd accuse the person you want dead of being a vampire, or you'd take advantage of a player wanting to get out so as to waste a precious staking. It just seems suspicious.
The guy who's trying to twist my words around is questioning my honesty?
Srsly?
:lulz:
QuoteThe guy who's trying to twist my words around is questioning my honesty?
Not trying to twist anything, just stating some suspicions.
QuoteI just did. Plus, Remington actually is leaving clues each round.
What about these clues you said Rem left?
Wait, Sig gave me his vote right? Well then I'm using that against Alphapance! Take that you vampire scum! Next Tuesday!
LMNO-5
Semaj-2
Dude, I KNOW you're a vamp. Why the hell would I tell you, or any of the other vamps, how I figured it out?
So, you are refusing to show the clues that made you conclude I was a vamp?
Wait, how does LMNO truly *know* Semaj is a vampire unless he bit him himself?
His logic was that YOU bit semaj and thats why you felt safe giving him a proxy vote. or that semaj bit you
are YOU a vampire siggy :argh!:
Remmy fucking with you. There are no vampires. You're just staking people at random.
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on September 03, 2010, 04:36:36 AM
Quote from: ThatGreenGentleman on September 02, 2010, 05:44:58 AM
... Vampire doesn't seem as fun as Werewolf :sad: And I should have been on the list cause i signed up 2 or 3 times already :argh!: but with how this game is turning out I think I'd rather watch you guys get outnumbered by a bunch of Edwards :lulz:
so your on Team Jacob then?
Sorry, I'm not into furries, necrophilia, or the twilight series like every other girl in my school is. :lulz:
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 04, 2010, 02:18:56 AM
His logic was that YOU bit semaj and thats why you felt safe giving him a proxy vote. or that semaj bit you
are YOU a vampire siggy :argh!:
Oh. :roll:
The real reason is that I had a pretty busy week with friends from out of town, and he has a reputation for meaning well. I didn't want to bog the game down with absentee votes, so I picked a proxy.
Our only chance it to Stake Remmington, he created Dracula.
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 04, 2010, 01:48:10 AM
Wait, how does LMNO truly *know* Semaj is a vampire unless he bit him himself?
so your reasoning is thus: LMNO bit Semaj, therefore knows he is a vampire, and therefore is now campaigning to stake him?
that doesn't even make sense, and you know it.
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 04, 2010, 07:19:00 AMQuote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 04, 2010, 02:18:56 AMHis logic was that YOU bit semaj and thats why you felt safe giving him a proxy vote. or that semaj bit you are YOU a vampire siggy :argh!:
The real reason is that I had a pretty busy week with friends from out of town, and he has a reputation for meaning well.
how did Semaj get a reputation for meaning well? why, of all people him?
no the most logical conclusion is that YOU are Dracula, hence you saying "I have a nasty suspicion he did that to fuck with
his fellow villagers" like
you were never part of them ... slip of the tongue, careful with that or you might cut it on your fangs, buddy!
and then you bit Semaj. or maybe you bit someone else and they bit Semaj.
you arent even playing 000! STOP CONFUSING ME :argh!:
Uh huh.
All I'm saying is that the only way to Know that another player is a vampire is by being the one who bit them.
You can't just say that "The most logical conclusion is THIS" without offering your line of reasoning. I don't see it in your post.
As for the "slip" you pointed out, wouldn't it be more suspicious if I was being overtly cautious about wording? If I was a dracula, I'd never have been that careless.
ETA: Semaj is always whinging on and on about being hopelessly idealistic and trying to do the right thing.
Dude. The point of the game is for the vampires to win. I doubt that they're going to stake each other to do it.
And I just realized how futile it is to reason with you, since you are probably a vampire. :lulz:
Thats exactly what a VAMPIRE would say :argh!:
-Fred,
Is just gonna accuse EVERYONE
SHUT UP FRED THATS VAMPIRE TALK!!! IM ON TO YOU, BETCH!
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 04, 2010, 08:43:52 PM
Thats exactly what a VAMPIRE would say :argh!:
-Fred,
Is just gonna accuse EVERYONE
SHUT UP FRED THATS VAMPIRE TALK!!! IM ON TO YOU, BETCH!
Okay, Fred, I'ma level with you. LMNO has been trying really hard to use logic to weed out vampires, right? Right. And Semaj has just been accusing LMNO the whole time, right? Right. And let's not forget the post where Semaj was saying LMNO was doing all the things that Semaj was really the one doing. And then Sig comes in and supports Semaj.
Now, I know you can't trust me, that's fine. But if you change your votes to Semaj, and I'm wrong, you should totally try and get me offed at the next vote. Also, I relinquish all ownership of the "Nicole" hurricane to you. Deal?
No because there is no "logic" in this game, there is just guessing based on what you THINK might be true.
IMO lmno has done more suspicious things than Semaj.
QuoteBut if you change your votes to Semaj, and I'm wrong, you should totally try and get me offed at the next vote
How about YOU change your vote and if we're wrong you can off ME next time :lol:
Just don't kill me, because I'm a villager.
YEAH SURE THATS WHAT THEY ALL SAY
Actually, it is what they all say. :lol:
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 04, 2010, 08:57:37 PM
No because there is no "logic" in this game, there is just guessing based on what you THINK might be true.
IMO lmno has done more suspicious things than Semaj.
QuoteBut if you change your votes to Semaj, and I'm wrong, you should totally try and get me offed at the next vote
How about YOU change your vote and if we're wrong you can off ME next time :lol:
But I can't off you, I only have one vote, and you have two.
Well thats unfortunate! My vote stays...for now.. i mean we have til tuesday NO NEED TO BE HASTY! i will watch you people for awhile
QuoteETA: Semaj is always whinging on and on about being hopelessly idealistic and trying to do the right thing.
I am?
Always = I saw you doing it once, and it's in your cutsom title.
It was not a rational decision. :lol:
QuoteAlways = I saw you doing it once, and it's in your cutsom title.
It was not a rational decision. :lol:
Oh okay. Yeah, I put that as my title because of that conversation. Just afraid that I'd been self righteous or something.
By the way, do you want your vote back?
I'll take it back when I decide I don't like how you use it. :)
QuoteI'll take it back when I decide I don't like how you use it. :)
Thanks. :D Just let me know.
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 03, 2010, 10:45:51 PM
Wait, Sig gave me his vote right? Well then I'm using that against Alphapance! Take that you vampire scum! Next Tuesday!
LMNO-5
Semaj-2
Bumping this to the front page.
Sorry about not being around much. Just moved. Also I did not think any of you should have my vote by proxy.
For real? Five votes to stake the only person making a coherent argument in this entire game?
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 07, 2010, 04:51:49 PM
For real? Five votes to stake the only person making a coherent argument in this entire game?
Yeah. Once you die, this game is going to die, too. :(
FRED, CHANGE YOUR VOTES. PLEASE? :cry:
i have decided....NO.
Clearly only 2 people find his reasons rational..including himself
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 07, 2010, 06:11:33 PM
i have decided....NO.
Clearly only 2 people find his reasons rational..including himself
Fine then. Have it your way. :cry:
The game dies after this staking regardless unless we hit a vampire.
Yep. :(
Well, if you'd just listen to me, we could stake a fucking vampire already.
I'd like to state, for the record, that the werewolf game, with or without twins, was a lot more fun, and Remington shouldn't feel the need to "make it more interesting", because it already WAS interesting.
Also, a firm sign up roster and start date would be nice. The announcement & sign up should be in Apple Talk.
I dont see how this is more or less fun than werewolf, it seems the exact same amount of fun to me
Quote from: Frederieke van Noodleberg on September 07, 2010, 07:37:54 PM
I dont see how this is more or less fun than werewolf, it seems the exact same amount of fun to me
Not enough people for the game mechanic, and no clues to speak of. Not having an oracle puts time on the vampire's side.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, the Oracle Returns!
It was the final day for the villagers of Discordia. Increasingly outnumbered by the vampires amongst them and confused by the multitude of voices that sought to mislead them, they had arrived at the point of no return. Today they would stake a vampire, or they would die.
The deliberations were long and the bickering intense, but Alphapance was eventually chosen to be the one staked. His manipulations had made the villagers suspicious, and he seemed the most logical choice in the position they found themselves in.
Alphapance took his place on the execution stage impassively. The Oracle declared his fate, and made a request. Someone had to carry the execution out.
A few seconds passed before Fred stepped up. "I'll do it," she said in a low voice. The Oracle bit his lip and handed her the stake.
Fred and Alphapance stared at each other, and Alphapance's eyes widened.
"You..."
Fred drove the stake home, plunging it into Alphapance's chest repeatedly. As the crowd watched, the woman brutally eviscerated the Doktor, smiling as she did it.
"And so ends the career of the illustrious Professor Van Helsing," she murmured quietly. Fred gave the stake a final twist, and the famed vampire-hunter dropped to the ground.
"And that, my good people, is that." Fred's face began to twist and elongate as she turned into the dreaded Count. Amongst the crowd, similar transformations were taking place. "Now... who's hungry?"
Vampires Win
Villagers are teh fail
again
Dramatis Personae
Count Dracula: Fred
Van Helsing: Alphapance
Vampire Amdis: Risus
Vampire Xannin: Dr. James Semaj
Vampire Asclan: BDS
Doktor Howl: Doktor Howl
I really liked the part where the villagers all proxied their votes to the vampires :lulz:
God dammit, I said it was Fred
I blame you BDS and Risus! :argh!:
Sorry Sigmatic, I was wrong. :(
Quote from: Remington on September 08, 2010, 07:26:19 AM
I really liked the part where the villagers all proxied their votes to the vampires :lulz:
We didn't mind so much, either. Personally, I was just glad no one noticed I was calling to stake Fred after the first biting.
:|
I would like to point out that I was right.
Yeah well, there were only two or three people still playing and hadn't ditched the game who were still human.
Proxy votes: Officially The Most Retarded And Game Breaking Thing Ever. :|
Not even; it was the proxy that tipped me off to Semaj being a vamp. I was bluffing about the vignettes leaving clues.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 03:39:04 PM
Not even; it was the proxy that tipped me off to Semaj being a vamp. I was bluffing about the vignettes leaving clues.
But still, if we had just had some absent votes, rather than peope giving their votes to unknowns (kiariansalee), you might not be dead.
Either way, I still think the main stumbling block for this game is the complete lack of evidence, hints, or clues from which we can deduce who's who (or what).
And it's blatantly obvious that anyone who posts is accused; I was trying to get people talking just to glean a semblance of a clue so I could know who to protect and maybe out a vamp, but instead everyone got suspicious.
So, it looks like the best strategy truly is to just ignore the thread.
:lulz:
From now on, Fred is automatically suspect.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 04:10:52 PM
Either way, I still think the main stumbling block for this game is the complete lack of evidence, hints, or clues from which we can deduce who's who (or what).
And it's blatantly obvious that anyone who posts is accused; I was trying to get people talking just to glean a semblance of a clue so I could know who to protect and maybe out a vamp, but instead everyone got suspicious.
So, it looks like the best strategy truly is to just ignore the thread.
Or go back to "Classic" werewolf.
True; the addition of a psychic is a good one.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 04:41:22 PM
True; the addition of a psychic is a good one.
Also, it's good to get bit, because then you're technically on the winning side no matter what.
I apologise for defending Fred early on, BTW. Of course that worked out rather well for me, but I didn't know I was gunna end up a vamp at the time, and was just legitimately wrong.
Truth be told, I like the classic Werewolf better as well. I'd certainly be willing to play a round, although someone else would have to narrate.
Quote from: Remington on September 08, 2010, 05:31:55 PM
Truth be told, I like the classic Werewolf better as well. I'd certainly be willing to play a round, although someone else would have to narrate.
I vote for Alphapance.
I'd do it, but things are crazy right now, and I can't guarantee that I'll be on every day.
HAW HAW I EATED YOUS ALL
Also, we need more than way ten people for any game, because it is too short otherwise.
Something about the game dynamic felt wrong.
:argh!: stop complaining this is the first time i wanst a villager i liked it
Okay, let me rephrase;
Something about getting TOTALLY OWNED felt wrong.
Could it be that we were getting killed nightly, and no one who was playing wanted to post, at risk of giving themselves away, of of being wrongly accused?
Game rules aside, this needs a social framework/fabric, or else actual clues need to be dropped.
If Howl is serious, and you all want me to DM the next round, let me know. It might take a while to set up, but I have an idea or two.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 07:18:19 PM
Could it be that we were getting killed nightly, and no one who was playing wanted to post, at risk of giving themselves away, of of being wrongly accused?
Game rules aside, this needs a social framework/fabric, or else actual clues need to be dropped.
If Howl is serious, and you all want me to DM the next round, let me know. It might take a while to set up, but I have an idea or two.
I'm serious.
Fucking A. I'd sign up for a game LMNO ran.
I'd play. LMNO has some really good narrative.
Well, I'm honored.
I'm also slammed for time right now. I'll start a thread for players in a bit.
I'd play again.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 03:26:21 PM
I would like to point out that I was right.
And that is why you were killed. You were the player we really got wary about. Out of curiosity, did you never get around to defending someone?
I'm up for the next game as well.
Yeah, I protected Freeky, and some other spags. None that got attacked, though.
The thinking was different than the Oracle, because you couldn't guess about who it was, you had to guess about who was going to be attacked.
Which (broken record) is a completely arbitrary guess since no one would talk about anything.
you should have protectd the odd # people on the list :lol:
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 03:39:04 PM
Not even; it was the proxy that tipped me off to Semaj being a vamp. I was bluffing about the vignettes leaving clues.
The proxy to Semaj was luck. I turned him. Sig just accidentally gave us a vote.
So, you were right, LMNO, but not for the reasons you stated. :)
Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on September 09, 2010, 12:43:06 AM
So, you were right, LMNO, but not for the reasons you stated. :)
Why be good when you can be paranoid and lucky?
QuoteWhy be good when you can be paranoid and lucky?
It's always worked for me.
Ok, I have to be honest, the only reason I knew semaj was a vamp was because he accidentally PM'd me instead of Remington regarding his pick.
I didn't reveal that during the game, because it didn't seem fair. So, I tried to Lo5 it in a convincing manner.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 09, 2010, 01:54:27 PM
Ok, I have to be honest, the only reason I knew semaj was a vamp was because he accidentally PM'd me instead of Remington regarding his pick.
I didn't reveal that during the game, because it didn't seem fair. So, I tried to Lo5 it in a convincing manner.
:lulz: Nice.
Semaj!
:argh!:
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 08, 2010, 08:33:22 PM
Yeah, I protected Freeky, and some other spags. None that got attacked, though.
The thinking was different than the Oracle, because you couldn't guess about who it was, you had to guess about who was going to be attacked.
Which (broken record) is a completely arbitrary guess since no one would talk about anything.
In Mafia, like Werewolf, we had a player who could guess if somone was a badguy (Oracle or Cop) as well as someone who could protect someone (doctor). The mix of the two worked surprisingly well, with large groups, as things got narrowed down and the doctor and oracle/cop guessed each others identities and started to cooperate.
That sounds interesting. I like the idea of a werewolf game with a protector and an oracle.
Incompetence thy name is Semaj.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 09, 2010, 01:54:27 PM
Ok, I have to be honest, the only reason I knew semaj was a vamp was because he accidentally PM'd me instead of Remington regarding his pick.
I didn't reveal that during the game, because it didn't seem fair. So, I tried to Lo5 it in a convincing manner.
That actually sounds completely fair to use as evidence. If some vampire accidentally left behind a note, I show it around too. That way it may have become obvious that everyone voting against you was nosferatu and the game would have continued if you salvaged the proxied votes back.
I would have done better to have taken LMNO at face value this time, but that hadn't worked in the past. :lulz:
Quote from: Sigmatic on September 09, 2010, 09:04:15 PM
I would have done better to have taken LMNO at face value this time, but that hadn't worked in the past. :lulz:
You can always trust Alphapance. His mustache proves his sincerity, much as mine does.
Oh... Mine just makes people think I'm a magician.
I wonder how my message ended up with Alphapance. Must have screwed up the send address or something...
Dr. James Semaj
Bad at being the Bad guy
You really are. It's lucky for you the rest of us make even crappier protagonists.
Also, im the best dracula evar.